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  2. Late English news.

    The statue of her Majesty, eight feet high, of white marble, intended to be placed in the centre of the area of the new London Exchange, is to be ...

    Article : 2,914 words
  3. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  4. A COLUMN FOR THE CURIOUS.

    "Well, John," said a laird to his tenant the other day, "what's your opinion of this voluntary business?" "Deed, sir, I'm a wee doubtful' about it; it seems to ...

    Article : 123 words
  5. IMPORTED GOODS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 515 words
  6. THREE GOOD THINGS.

    A celebrated preacher once sail there were three companions with whom you should always keep on good terms:—1st, your wife; 2nd, your stomach; 3rd, your ...

    Article : 29 words
  7. PRESENCE OF MIND.

    If you should happen to meet with an accident at table, endeavour to preserve your composure, and do not add to the discomfort you have created by making ...

    Article : 115 words
  8. MISTAKEN CIVILITY.

    A gentleman mistaking a very small lady—who was picking her way over a dirty channel—for a very young one, snatched her up in his arms, and landed ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. HIGHLAND CRITICISM.

    A Highland schoolmaster was lately expatiating on the superiority of the language of the Highlands over that of every other country, and, by a natural ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. CHALLENGE FROM MR STAUNTON TO M. ST. AMANT.

    My dear Sir—Your reply to my "proposals" reaches me at the moment when the forthcoming number of The Chess Player's Chronicle is at press. This ...

    Article : 541 words
  11. BLISTERING WITHOUT PAIN.

    A poor Irishman, whose wife had been suffering from a severe pectoral complaint, called lately for medical advice, on a surgeon in Girvan, who ordered a blister to ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. THE LAIRD AND HIS FOOTMAN.

    "How had you the audacity, John, to go and tell some of the people of P-, that I was a low, mean fellow, and no gentleman?" "Na, na, sir, you'll no ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. A POSER.

    A young preacher was employed by a relative who presides over the spiritualities of a parish at no great distance from Glasgow, to assist in the discharge of the ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. ARTICLSS OF EXPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 words
  15. EVERYBODY HAS HIS BUBBLY JOCK,

    The following anecdote of the late Sir Walter Scott, has a genuine appearance. A gentleman, in conversing with the illustrious author, remarked that he believed ...

    Article : 126 words
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